Synthetic resin compositions



Oct. 11, 1949.

SYNTHETIC RES IN COMPOSITIONS .Filed Aug. 30, 1946 5e WITNESSES:

INVENTOR N. c. FOSTQER 2,484,215

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Patented Oct. 11, 1949 UNITED STATES 7 PATENT oFncE SYNTHETIC Rl; S l; OMPOSITION S Newton 0. Foster. Pittsburgh, Pa.,

Westinghouse Electric Corporation,

assignor to East Pittsburgh, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania Application August 30, 1946, Serial No. 694,127

13 Claims. 1 V

This invention relates to synthetic resin compositions, more particularly thermosetting type resin compositions characterized by good electrical insulating properties. The resin compositions are further characterized by the fact that they may be applied as-impregnating solutions without the use of a solvent. which requires evaporation or removal prior to polymerization.

This application is a continuation-in-part of my copending patent application Serial No. 418,153, filed November '7, 1941, entitled Synthetic resin compositions, and assigned to the Westinghouse Electric Corporation, now abandoned.

In the art of' applying resinous compositions to members for the purpose of impregnating or coating the members, it has been customary to dissolve the resinous composition in some readily volatile solvent for the purpose of enabling the application of the resinous composition to the As a general rule, the solvents have been low boiling point liquids incapable of entering into reaction with the resin. Consequently, evaporation or removal of the solvent by some means has been practiced. In many cases, the evaporation of the solvent is attended by a deterioration of the physical characteristics of the resin deposited from solution. Gas bubbles, porous pockets, non-uniform filling or incomplete impregnation and other'undesirable results have occurred due to the presence of and the evaporation of the solvent.

In a few cases, it is known to employ reacting solvents for resins, these solvents being so characterized by the fact that they enter into a polymerizing reaction after impregnation of members with the resin solutions. The reacting solvents for the most part have been employed in dissolving a polymer in a solvent composed mainly of the monomer itself. For example, polystyrene has been applied in solutions with monostyrene as the solvent. Upon the application of a catalyst and heat, the monostyrene was polymerized into polystyrene to produce a resinification of the entire solution. In nearly all known cases, these completely polymerizable solutions produced only thermoplastic resins.

In the preparation of these so-called solvent- 1ess"or solvent reactive resin compositions, it has not been generally possible to produce thermoset polymers in spite of the fact that this would be highly desirable in many instances. More uniform fill upon impregnation, a more homogenous and impervious product are some of the advantageato be obtained by employing solutions of resins in which the solvent is subject to a polymerizing reaction. Other advantages accrue from the fact that no evaporable solvent is employed, thereby enabling a saving of time and equipment required for drying purposes.

The object ofithis invention is to provide a thermosettabie liquid solvent reactive resin composition suitable for use in impregnating members.

Another object of the invention is to provide for bonding and insulating electrical and other members by means of a thermoset resinous composition applied thereto as a solution in which the solvent reacts to form a part of the thermoset composition.

Another object of the invention is to provide for a thermosettlng resin composition having no solvent requiring evaporation suitable for application to electrical apparatus to be employed in dielectric liquids.

A further object of the invention is to impregnate solidly magnetic cores and other electrical apparatus with a thermoset solvent reactive resin composition.

Other objects of the invention will in part appear hereinafter.

For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of the invention, reference may be had to the following detailed description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a view in elevation, partly in section;

Fig. 2 is a view in elevation, partly in section;

Fig. 3 is a view in elevation;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the wound core;

Fig. 5 is a greatly enlarged fragmentary crosssectional view of a face of the core of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a view in elevation, partly in crosssection, of a transformer;

Fig. 7 is a view in elevation, partly in section; and

Fig. 8 is a view in elevation of an encapsulated transformer.

According to this invention, a thermosetting synthetic resin composition is prepared by combining a resinous reaction product in a reacting solvent which is capable of polymerizing in conjunction with the reaction product to produce a solid thermoset material. The solution prepared by dissolving the reaction product in the reacting solvent is known as a solvent reactive or solventless varnish or resin solution. This basic resin solution may be modified with other resinous reaction products capable of polymerizing conjointly therewith in' order to impart predetermined toughness, solvent resistance and other desirable characteristics.

More specifically, for the practice of this invention, an unsaturated acid half ester is produced by reacting (a) an olefinic alpha-beta dicarboxylic acid or anhydride thereof and (b) either castor oil or an esterof ricinoleic acid with a polyhydrlc alcohol and parts by weight of the unsaturated acid half ester so produced is dissolved in. from'iii to 186 parts by weight of a liquid polymerizahle monomer having the arouplhc=c toprodueeasolutionthatcanbe mhstantially completely to a thermoset body.

The unsaturated acid half ester can be prepared most conveniently from castor oil, which is essentially glyceryl However thehalfestermaybeprepamdfromsimplesuhstitutedcastoroilorrelatedestersmchtorexample, .as di-rieinoleic acid ester or ethylaie glycol, tetraricinoleic acid ester of pentaerytinitol, glyceryl and glyceryi diricinoleate. Mixturesottwoormoreoftheee esters may be employed.

Examples of suitable oleflnie alpha, beta dicarboxylic acids and their anhydrides for reaction with the castor oil or related wters are maldc acid, maleic anhydride, Iumaric acid, citraconic anhydride and monochlor maleic anhydride.

Iupreparingtheacidhaltestensufllclentoleflnicalphabetadicarbomylicacldoranhydride thereotis-reactedwiththecastoroilorricinoleic acid ester to esterify, on the average, in each molecule at least one of the hydroxyl groups present in the ricinoleic radicals. In some cases, two or more. or all, of the hydroxyl groups, as thecasemayhqofthecastoroilorotherricinoleic acidestermay'bewiththeoleflnic dicarboxylic acid thereby producing lull acid half esters. Itmaybedesirahleinsomeeasestoemploy a. moderate excess of castor oil in order to provide for plasticiaing the final product. Using 100 parts by weight of castor oil, from 3 to 30 parts by weight of maleic anhydride may be reacted therewith. A sligh y greater we lht f maleic acidwillberequiredtoprodwcthesame half ester dueto diflerence inmolecular weight ascomparedtomaleicanhydride. similaral lowance in weights mustbe made iorotherolcflnic acids and anhydrides. For many applications,twototourpartsoteastoroiitoonepartby weightotoleflnicdihasicacidwiligiveasuitable Inproducingthehalfestemcastoroltor example, admixed. with maleic anhydride in the desiredproportionakheatedtoatemperatureot about '10 C. or: higher. Amixture of 100 parts byweightofcastoroilandwpartsbywelghtot maleic anhydride will be suiliciently reacted in iourhoursat 120'0. Theacidnumherwillbe irom130to I35,indicatin8theacidhaltesterhas been produced. Temperatures of above 160' C. shmildnotbeappliedforprolongedperiotkoi time, otherwise the relatively undesirable full esterofthedibasicacidwillbeproduced. Exeessive reactiomtimes at lower tmperaturel shouldbeavoidedtopreventthefullesterbeing Iormed. Thefullornon-aeidicesterwillnot copolymeriae with the liquid monomer having thegroup HaC=C ,butwii1oniy iormamixture oipolymersandnotathermoaetresin.

Forproducingtheacidhaitestenithasbcm most convenient to me the oleflnic acid anhydrides, such for instanceas maleic anhydridc.

TheanhydrideaIormtheaeitihalfester'with easebyanadditionreactionwiththehydroxyl group. No water'ksplitofi'andtherciore reactibnisrapidascomparedtothatusing toiormthetullesterisweakaslongasanyunreacted maleic anhwdride is present. courseotthereactbncanbeconvenientlyiol- 4 lowedbytakingtheacidnumheroithereactim mixturefromtimetotixne. Whentheacidnumberhasreachcdhalfthevaluefotmdwhmthe reactantswereflrstadmmtheacidhaltester reactionismhstantiallycomplete. Theproduct i f liahtsvr py.

Pormeinandreactingwiththe halfestensuitahlepobmilib liquidmmmers having the group HaC=C are monostyrene, distyrene, vinyl acetateparamcthyiaiymethacrylate, ethyl acryiate and allyl esters, suchasdiallylphthalate.

Thesolutionmaybeappliedtomemhersafter inoorporationoiacatalysteitherintheresinor onthesurfaceotthememhersbeingimpegnated. Suitablecatalystsareperoxidmsuchae sistance to deterioration at elevated temperatures.

The followingexampleainwhichailparteare byweightillustratethe leparationoftheoompositions: 7

Example! 7 An acid halt ester was prepared by reacting Parts Castor ofl 100 llaleic anhydride 30 (moi ratio of about 1:3) at 140' C. for two hours- ThehalIesterwasdismlvedinMApartsby weight of monostyrene. 95% of benzoyl peroxide added, and the solution complete y lymerind byheatingioronehourat"C.toathcrmoeetbody. Whentstedat25' C-with60-cycle current,thepoweriactoroIthehodywas3.U$ and the specific inductive capacity was 4.83. Considering the fact that the resin is thennoset. these values indicate highly advantageous elec trlcal P p rties.

Example II Thirty-five parts of the castor oil maleate half ester of Example I was dissolved in dxty-iive parts of monostyrene and the solution polymerizedto athermoset stately adding 1% benaoyl kiiocycle and 1.44% at 1 megacycle. .At 125 0., the power factor was 0.81% at 100 cycles and 3.45% at 1 megacycle. The dielectric strength for a 56 mil thick sample was 526 volts per mil.

Example II! An acid half ester wasprepared by reacting Parts Castor oil 100 Maleic anhydride 8 strength for a sample 130 mils thick was 415 volts per mil.

In order to prevent spontaneous polymerization and undue thickening of the solution of liquid monomer and half ester prior to use, it is desirable to incorporate a small amount of a polymerization inhibitor such as hydroquinone in the solution whenit is being prepared. The addition of about 1; of 1% of hydroquinone has been satisfactory for this purpose. when the catalyst. such as a peroxide or ozonide, is subsequently added preceding application or use of the solution, sufficiently more should be added to compensate for the amount of inhibitor present.

The viscosity of the solution of liquid monomer and castor oil maleate may be readily varied within a wide range. The addition of finely divided inorganic solids such as mica, silica flour or talc provides one means of increasing the viscosity. Selection of one of various castor oil maleate half esters and variation in proportion of the liquid monomer therewith enable solutions to be produced almost as fluid as water. Addition of suitable fillers gives liquids as viscous as molasses or even putty-like in consistency. The range of viscosity secured with such variations has been from about 2 centipoises to 460,000 centipoises at C.

A particularly desirable application for the liquid resin composition is in magnetic cores to provide, both for a bonding and an insulating layer between the laminations. Transformer laminations of all shapes, and motor and generator magnetic laminations may be successfully bonded together into solid cores having unusual advantages. The cores may be cut or worked to shape and size after bonding withoutdelamination. The bonding ofa wound core of oriented silicon iron is believed the most demanding core application and a specific application relating thereto will be detailed.

Referring to Figure 1 of the drawing, there is illustrated a wound core l0, such as is produced by winding a continuous strip of oriented magnetic sheet material about a-mandrel, being impregnated in the apparatus 20 with the composition of the present invention. The apparatus 20 comprises a tank 22 provided with a cover 24 in which the solution 26 composed of, for example, castor oil maleate half ester dissolved in a liquid polymerizable monomer containing the group H:C=C .A conduit 28 is provided for evacuating the container 22 ii vacuum impregnation interstices.

of the core II is required. The core I] may be introduced into the container 22 and the atmosphere evacuated therefrom to remove gases, moisture and the-like which would hinder the penetration ofthe composition 28 into theinterstices and spaces of the core 10. Positive pressure may also be applied to force the resin into the core After a brief immersion in the solution 20, the impregnated core It may be withdrawn from the apparatus 20 and placed within the oven ll shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing. The oven 35 comprises walls 32 and a heating element 34 and means 3548 for exhausting volatile products that may be produced during the curing of the resin composition applied to the core l0. Ordinarily, however, very little volatile matter is given off by the resinous compositions of this invention. The compositions of the invention gels rapidly after a temperature of about C. has been reached. Thereafter, the heat treatment is continued in order to produce a predetermined de-- gree of cure of the composition; One or two hours at C. will producea hard, but flexible, resin that is transparent if no solid fillers are present. An advantage of the resinous composition is that the curing time may be prolonged considerably without undesirable eilects, such as cracking or deterioration thereof.

After heat treating for a predetermined period of time in the oven 30, the impregnated core It will be found to be solidly bonded. The core will have the interlaminar spaces completely and sol-. idly filled with the thermoset resin. It will be free from flaws, such as pores, gas pockets, or the like, which are encountered in employin resin compositions using volatile solvents requiring evaporation. The laminations will be bonded much better than would result by the use of conventional resin solutions having evaporable solvents. Experience has shown that a wound core [0, such as is shown in the figures, cannot be substantially completely solidly impregnated and bonded, except by the use of a completely poly merizable resinous composition, such as disclosed herein.

For most applications, the wound core 10, after baking, cation of windings thereto. A suitable cutting mechanism is shown inFig. 3, wherein the core 10 is mounted on 'a table 40, permitting relative motion to a cutting saw 42. The laminations will be found to be so well bonded that no unusual jigs or other clamping means are required to clamp the core III to the table 40. The cutter 42 may be a milling cutter, a saw, or an abrasive cutting wheel, or the like. If the cutter 42 produces relatively rough surfaces, the cut faces may be ground and etched in acid to reduce them to a smooth plane surface.

Referring to Fig. 4 of the drawing, there is illustrated in more detail, the wound core i0 produced after impregnation with resin and cutting. Two U-shaped sections I2 and I4 have been formed with substantially plane faces it providing for a small air gap. The laminations are so well united that they withstand all the machining operations required without delamination. The appearance of the faces I6 is shown in Fig. 5 of the drawing in a greatly enlarged illustration. The laminations ll forming the core are bonded by the thermoset resin IQ of this invention present in the interlaminar. spaces. The resin l9 will also function as an eflicient insulating medium. A further advantage of the resin of this invention is that it bonds the lammust be cut in order to permit appliprovided with assure inations into units that possess more damping than cores bonded with conventional thermoplastic resins. The cores are resistant to transformer oils and will not come apart when operated at elevatedtemperatures. The resin maintains its hardness over a relatively wide range of temperatures. Durometer measurements of the hardness of a given castor oii-maleate-styrene resinous copolymer shows an exceptionally fiat hardness temperature curve. In one case, the durometer measurement at28 C. was 80 and at 100 C. the value was '10. This relatively small change of hardness with temperature is a particularly important feature for many applications.

The resinous compositions are suitable for many applications in which members are to be completely impregnated in a resinous material. The compositions may be employed-as potting compounds for protecting and insulating electrical windings, cores and other members from the elements.

Referring to Fig. 6 of the drawing, there is 11- lustrated a hermetically encased transformer 50 capable of use under the most adverse conditions. The transformer comprises a plurality of cores ll produced as disclosed herein, associated with a winding 52, all mounted on a base 54. The electrical members are disposed within a casing II of metal, porcelain, or other suitable material. A cover 58 attached to the casing Ii is insulating bushings 62 through which the conductor 60 from the electrical coil 52 passes. The casing is filled with the thermoset resin 04 comprising a solution of the unsaturated acid half ester in a liquid polymerizable monomer introduced as a liquid into the casing I! and polymerized by means of heat and catalyst to a solid state. The electrical properties of the composition 84 will provide excellent insulation. The heat and moisture resistance of the resin M will enable the electrical members to operate indefinitely under any condition of service normally encountered.

An economical method of employing the resin composition as a filler for electrical apparatus is to incorporate an inorganic filler up to 60% of the weight of the resin. Examples of suitable fillers are quartz, sand, feldspar, glass, asbestos fibers, ceramic particles and the like. which has been found satisfactory in incorporating the inorganic filler is to coat the inorganic filler with a polymerizing catalyst, such as benzoyl peroxide, so as to produce a film thereof on the surface of the inorganic particles. When it is desired to fill the casing of apparatus, the liquid composition is poured in first and the catalyst coated inorganic filler is then mixed in slowly until the casing is full. The apparatus is then placed in an oven and heated for a period of time sufficient to cause the resin to completely solidify.

The compositions of the present invention have found extensive use in encapsulating electrical members. Application of the compositions for encapsulating electrical members is illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8.

Referring to Fig. 'l, the impregnating tank 10 composed of a casing 12 and provided with a conduit H for introducing and removing the fluid compositions and a conduit 16 for evacuating the casing, contains the solventless composition ll disclosed herein. Ii transformer 80 composed of a wound core ill and a coil 02 has been initially previously treated by dipping into a high- One method ly viscous type of the composition, usually containing mica or other filler, having a viscosity to an insoluble state. When introduced into the impregnating tank II, the tramformer OI is placed so that the outer covering 04 forms a fiuid retaining cup thereabout disposed so as to be open at, the top. After the tank has been evacuated through the conduit II for about fifteen minutes to a pressure of one inchof mercury or less, the fiuid composition is introduced through the conduit H. Positive pressure'may be applied to the resin composition, for example eighty pounds per square inch for one hour, in order to thoroughly impregnate all the interstices of the transformer ll. Thereafter, the composition ll may be drained through the conduit" and the impregnated transformer I. removed and heat treated. The composition will have completely filled the transformer up to the upper level of the oating N, with considerable quantitles of the impregnating composition present in portions above that level due to capillary action.

After heat treatment, whereby the composition I. present in the transformer has been fully cured, the transformer II is turned upside down and dipped into a quantity of the composition of a relatively high viscosity of the order of 20,000 to 400,000 centipoises. This provides for completion of the outer shield or coating about the transformer I. and insulation of interstices of a relatively large size that did not retain some of the composition ll. Upon heat treatment to completely cure this last applied the transformer will have the appearance shown in Fig. 8 of the drawing, wherein the two surface coatings I4 and J6 form a complete envelope about the transformer and thereby encapsulate it.

Transformers, such as shown in Fig. 8 of the drawing, have been produced in large quantities for many uses. They have been found satisfactory when used under the most extreme conditions of temperature and atmospheric pressures. The high degree of moistureresistance of the thermoset resins of the present invention has enabled the transformers to operate under severe tropical conditions as well as at high altitudes. In one case, a transformer similar to that shown in Fig. 8 was immersed in water for over six months and operated during all thistime.

The resin prepared from the half ester of eastor oil and an unsaturated dibasic acid. and a polymerlzable liquid monomer having the radical trical apparatus.

H2C=C has been satisfactory when in contact with refined petroleum oil. Such refined petroleum oil is a common liquid dielectric in elec- In cases where the magnetic cores or other members are to beemployed in contact with more active dielectrics, for exampie the halogenated hydrocarbons, the resin should be somewhat modified to contribute increased resistance to the solvent action of these latter dialectrics.

. Resinous additives conferring increased solvent resistance are prepared by condensing a polyhydric alcohol with a saturated dibasic acid, part of which may be replaced by an olefinic dibasic acid, and the ratio of saturated to oleflnic acids may be as much as 1:3. Preferably, the additive is prepared by reacting approximately equimolar quantities of polyhydric alcohol and dibasic acid.

A satisfactory proportion of additive is twothirds mol adipic acid, 1 mol maleic anhydride and 1% mols propylene glycol. Condensation or reaction is eifected by heating the.mixture oi polyhydric alcohol and dibasic acid for two hours at 200 C. to produce an amber colored resin. Another combination was prepared by reacting 75 parts by weight of adipic acid, 75 parts maleic anhydride and 135.4 parts di-ethylene glycol.

This was reacted to a viscous resin and dissolved in of its weight of monostyrene. The viscosity of this solution was such that it could be readily admixed with the castor oil-maleatestyrene solutions of Examples H and III.

The resin additive produced by condensing the polyhydric alcohol with the dibasic acid may be put in solution by employing a polymerizable liquid monomer having the radical H2C=C such, for example, as monostyrene. The polyhydric alcohol-dibasic acid resin is most compatible with the castor-oil-maleic anhydride product when about 50% of the dibasic acid has from 6 to 10 carbon atoms in the chain.

The castor oil half ester and the additive solutions may be admixedin substantially equal parts, for example, 100 parts of a castor oil-maleate and monostyrene composition and 100 parts of a adipic acid-maleic acid-propylene glycol resin and monostyrene composition may be combined to produce a mixture which when polymerized exhibits a high degree of resistance to the solvent action of chlorinated hydrocarbons. As little as 20 parts of the polyhydric alcohol and dibasic organic acid may be added to the basic solution in order toconfer improved resistance to the solvent action of various dielectrics. From 20 to 330 parts of vinyl monomer such as monostyrene are required to dissolve a mixture composed of 100 parts each of the castor oil-maleate and the polyhydrlc alcohol-dibasic acid reaction product.

In tests made on magnetic cores, particularly cores embodying preferentially oriented silicon steel, it has been discovered that the magnetic steel is extremely susceptible to strains such as may be set up when almost any impregnating resin hardens. For example, the losses of an unimpregnated wound core for a given flux density and frequency may be approximately-10% lower than the losses for the same core impregnated with a given castor oil-maleate-monostyrene copolymer due to the stains set up by the resin on curing.

In order to reduce the losses in magnetic materials sensitive to strains produced by the polymerization of the resin impregnant, theunsaturated acid half ester-monomer composition may be modified to produce a tougher resin which when applied to laminations of magnetic material results in lower losses. A suitable modifying resin addition is produced by reacting tung oil or oiticica oil with an olefinic dicarboxylic acid. The olefinic dibasic acid, for example, maleic anhydride, may be reacted with tung oil at temperatures from 150 to 200 C. for a period ofseveral hours. A thick viscous liquid is generally produced by the reaction. The unsaturated tung oil-dibasic acid product may be added in quantities ranging from 2 to 4 times the amountof castor oil-dibasic acid-vinyl monomer in order to produce a satisfactory low loss resincores losses have been reduced to one-fourth of he loss increase when castor oil-maleate dissolved in styrene is employed alone as the core bonding agent.

The tung oil-dibasic acid additions to the eastor oil reaction product produces resins which are much tougher as well as slightly softer than the castor oil-dibasic acid resins alone.

A further characteristic of the castor oil-unsaturated dicarboxylic acid-styrene compositions has been their sound and noise absorbing properties. A core prepared with/these resins as shown'in Figs. 3 to gives a substantially dead sound similar to a piece of lead when struck with a ham mer. Thermoplastic resins, for example, when applied to the wound cores and baked hard to produce good electrical insulation and adequate bonding will ring like a bell. The latter core will be noisier in service due to magnetostriction than the core bonded with the resin of this invention which latter will tend to-absorc .tiagnetostrictive noises and act like a damped vibrating system.

The castor oil-dibasic acid thermo'setting resin alone or modified as indicated above will greatly diminish the noisiness of the cores.

In preparing solutions in a polymerizable monomer of the castor oil half ester resin, both the tung oil-dibasic acid and the polyhydric alcoholdibasic acid reaction products may be simultaneously embodied in the composition in order to achieve high solvent resistance as well as a high degree of toughness.

Since the castor oil and the oleiinic dibasic. acids reacted to the acid half esters have one carboxyl group per ester linkage free whereby the product is acid in nature, it may be desirable to esterify the free carboxyl group and'thus completely neutralize the carboxyl groups. For example, methyl groups and other neutral aliphatic hydrocarbon groups may replace the acid hydrogen in the free carboxyl group by estetification with an appropriate alcohol such as ethanol, methanol or propanol. The full ester derived from the acid ester dibasic acid-castor oil and a short carbon chain monohydric alcohol polymerizes more slowly with monostyrene for example than the acid half ester containing free carboxyl groups, and due allowance should be made for this in polymerization.

The solventless compositions disclosed in this invention may be employed for other purposes than impregnating magnetic cores. Materials and members of all types may be bonded therewithmica flakes, glass cloth, paper, etc., may be combined to reduce laminated or molded products. The resin may be cast'into plates or other bodies and used for any desired purpose.

Since certain changes may be made-in the above article and different embodiments of the invention can be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter ous binder. Byimpregnating cores with a resin 7 contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I claim as my invention:

1. A composition comprising, in combination, from 10 to 186 parts by weight of liquid monostyrene and parts by weight of the acid half ester react on product of from 2 to 4 parts .by weight of castor oil and approximately one part by weight of an anhydride of an oleflnic alpha, beta dicarboxylic acid.

2. A composition comprising,- in combination, from 10 to 186 parts by weight of liquid monostyrene and 100 parts by weight of the acid half videiorresistancetothesolventacflonotfluid dielectrios, at least 50% of the dicarhmlic acid havingh'om6to10carbonatomsinaehain,tho liquid composition capable of substantially completely polymerizing into a solid resinous bod! providinggoodeiech'icalirmilsflon.

[Aliquidcompositicnccmprflhginccmbh nation, (a) from300to400pattsluweightotthe mctlonproductottungoilandanoleflnicalpha, beta dicarboxylic acid, (b) 100 parts by weight of theacidhalfesterot 100partsbyweightotcostoroiiandfrom3to30parlsbyweightotan cleflnic alpha, beta dicarboxylic acid, and (c) from IOioIBBpa-rtsbyweightofapolymeflnble liquid monomer having a single group H=C=C 8. A liquid composition comprising, in combination, a solution composed of from 10 to 186 park by weight of a polymerizable liquid monomer havingasinglegroupHaC=C and 100parts by weight of the acid half star derived by reacting a po yhydric alcohol ester of ricinoleic acid and suflicient of an oleiinic alpha, beta dicarhoxylic acid to provide a molecule of oleflnic acid for at lest one ricinoleic acid radical in each molecule of the ester and not exceeding a moleculeoitheoleflnic acidforeaohricinoleicacid radicalineaehmdecxfleottheesler.

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Number Name Date 2,105,561 Webb Jan. 1:, 1m 2,116,318 Miles 3, 1030 2,160,204 4 Gibbons Kay 8, 1030 2,293,961 Seastme et a1. All. 8, 1.42 2,312,024 Brown Feb. 23, 1043 2,319,537 Delminte Ila, II, 1.43 2,372,074 Pbrd In. I, 1 2,376,706 Lum Kay 22, 1045 2,385,460 Sqat. 25, 1.45 2,392,710 Wakefonl et al. Jan. 0, 1040 2,394,440 Gordon Ieh. 5, 1046 2,414,525 Hill et a1. Jan. 21, 104'! 2,416,143 Berberich Feb. 10, 1047 2,423,860 Blessing July 15, 1047 2,439,053 Swiss et a1. All. I. 1040 

